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Hey, don't look at me funny like that!

(Interuniversal Skype)

"Nyah… It's finally done! The Origin!" The Queen of Agnus, no, exactly the representative of Alrest, Nia, cheered at the completion message of the Origin.

"Hmmm…but…didn't you not participate in any technical stuff, Nia?" Melia Antiqua, the Queen of the High Entia, laughed at the sight of the cat Queen jumping around.

"Hey, but I was the leader of that project!"

"Well…did you?"

"Melia!"

"Okay, okay, I'm sorry. I couldn't help it. Your reactions are so diverse and cute, I love when you do that." Melia gave her a smile.

"Oh my god… Sometimes I feel like I'm talking to my grandma or something when I talk with you…" Nia sighed.

"Well, I am indeed old enough."

"Heh, if you're talking about old, count me in too. I even gave birth to a baby! Hah!" Nia boasted.

"Hmmm… Yes, that's a valuable experience. Even I don't have the experience of getting pregnant and giving birth despite that I really want to, but…how about your…other wives then? I heard they have their own kids too. I think… you're not enough to join the granny club here,"

"Yeah… That's true though… They're probably older than you,"

"Great! Feels good to be young again."

"Melia….? Uh…wait, there's a message here. It says… E…Error…? Wait, what? Error?" Nia jumped, seeing the screen getting filled with error messages.

"Hmmm… Looks like a problem…" Melia said, strangely, she still kept her cool.

"You're seeing that too? But how are you so calm right now?! We have to stabilize this thing ASAP!" Nia shouted.

"You sound like a certain lieutenant in an alien planet with your word choice."

"Titan's foot… Melia!"

"Do not worry, Nia. We have solutions for this. Don't you remember that we have the best tech guys in the universe?"

"Uh…yeah, I don't. Since my universe is not the same as you." Nia pouted.

"Just wait, I'll take care of this." After that, Melia suddenly disappeared from the meeting.

"Huh…? Melia….? Where are you…?"

No answer.

"Oh no… Did the Origin break already?!" Nia panicked, her long ears twitching like crazy.

"Nope, not at all. I'm here with the solution." Melia said, as she came back with a large, red sword.

"Thank heavens… Wait, what's that in your hand?"

"This is… The Monado. To be exact, Monado R: EX."

"Rex?" Nia's ears suddenly perked up.

"No, R: EX."

"Aww…. Anyway, what are you gonna do with that?" Nia asked.

"Just see," Melia said, activating the red sword. A beam of light appeared.

"…..?" Nia just stayed silent, eyes on the sword.

"So…like…this!" Melia let out a little grunt, as she stabbed the part where she attaches her staff to access the Origin with the sword.

"What? Melia, what are you doing?"

"Oh, this? Uh…installing antivirus. In fact, your little tech friend sent the software to me."

"But then why are you installing that?"

"Well… After some research, the Monado R: EX turned out to be the best USB ever. So…we decided to install the software from this side." Melia said, still holding the sword.

"Ooh….? Why didn't I get informed?"

"Hmmm… I don't really know, but I do love the software's name."

"Oh? What is it?"

"Ourobor. OS."

"….? Wait, who the hell named that thing?"

"The little friend said that it was you."

"Huh?! When!?"

"Probably when you were drunk or something? He said that you said that name when he asked you for the ideas."

"Ugh….. The godforsaken alcohol!" Nia groaned, hitting her head multiple times.

"Anyway… Looks like the antivirus installment is done. Let's start scanning, shall we?" Said Melia, activating a screen.

"I hope it succeeds…."

(Inside Origin)

Mankind is a weak species.

They fear.

They fear predators, they fear natural disasters, and they fear even their friends.

But most important of all…

They fear the future.

And in a time like this when the universes are in the verge of merging…

Their fear…

Intensifies.

So that's why I am born.

I am Z.

The entity that represents human fear itself.

The one who'll save mankind from the fear of the future!

Now, it's time.

Time to…create our utopia.

We will live there, without the fear of facing doom, without the fear of facing the unknown future.

I'll name this world… Aionios.

And I'll…

Wait,

What is that beam of light?

It's… Coming… Closer…?

To…

Me…?

No,

No,

No…!

NO!

Nonononononononono!

I don't want to die!

I don't want to die!

I DON'T WANT TO DIE!

DAMN YOU!

SPAAAAAAARRRRRKKKK!

(Back to the Queen's side)

"Looks like the antivirus worked perfectly. Look, it caught the virus." Melia said, pointing a pop-up note on the screen.

"Wait, really? That was fast! Let me take a lookie… Hmmm…. Z. exe….? Who in the world names their software like that?" Nia snorted.

"Well… I'm also curious about that. But we caught the virus, and The Origin is working perfectly." Melia smiled.

"Yeah, problem solved!" Nia giggled.

"Now… There's only one thing left. Pray. Let's just hope that the Origin does its work well and we have a successful merging."

"Yeah… And…if we merge… Can we meet each other offline?"

"Yes, we can."

"Oooh…. I'm getting so pumped to meet you and your friends! Man, I could spend days drinking with them and listening to their stories… Telling them ours… Oh, I can't wait to meet you guys, Melia!" Nia said, putting her face close to the screen.

"Same here. And I have an important question to ask you when we meet each other."

"About what?"

"How to get a man."

"…." Nia froze.

"…" Melia nodded.

"Serious, Melia?"

"Just joking, I wanted to see your reaction." Melia giggled.

"Oh yeah… I was…actually pretty surprised when you did that…" Nia rubbed her chest in relief.

"Or maybe not….?"

"Oh come on, Melia!"

(Omake)

"Hey, Lanz," A short-haired high entia girl, Eunie, poked her machina friend.

"What?"

"Don't you feel… That we're missing out on something…?"

"Hmmm… Come to think of it… Yeah, what could it be…? Noah, got any ideas?"

"Uh…no, but this feeling… It feels so real… How about you, Joran?"

"Well… I hope that we're not missing out with something fun and cool… If we're missing out on something bad…? I'm not complaining." Joran let out a small laugh.

"Guess so, hey, by the way, when's the festival for the Queen's birthday gonna be? I'm super pumped to see the Queen!" Said Eunie.

"Probably… Next week…?"

"Aww… I have to wait another week?"

"Chill, Eunie, you don't need to fangirl to the Queen from this early," Lanz shrugged.

"Hey, I'm not fangirling! I just love her majesty!"

"If you say so yourself…" Joran chuckled.

Aionios server won't open this time.